The greatest things in the world are brought about by other things which we count as nothing: little causes we overlook but which at length accumulate - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Wouldn't things look much better for the human race if we no longer had history, at least no political history? The human being then would act more in accordance with the energies he possesses at any given time; for as things stand today, the example that now and then makes one person better makes a thousand others worse.

Siempre he procurado imponerme leyes que sólo entren en vigor cuando me sea casi imposible violarlas.

Every condition of the soul has its own sign and expression...So you will see how hard it is to seem original without being so.